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The naming of a close ally of Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro to the Alberta Health Services board has raised accusations of cronyism.

In this instalment of the Election Notebook: Liberal candidate Labi Kousoulis laid out his critiques of the NDP and PC economic platforms on Tuesday, and those parties bit back.

Ah, the misery of the pandemic.

Article content Now that the first 100 days of Joe Biden’s presidency are history, we should be asking whether his foreign and trade policies have been good for Canada. He certainly deserves credit for being open to working with his allies. This is an improvement on Donald Trump, who saw the world as a Roman arena with the strongest gladiator winning out. If we are being honest, however, we should be very disappointed with Biden – his America First orientation is not that far from Trump’s. On the plus side, Biden is not looking to renegotiate NAFTA, which Trump called the “worst trade...

Article content A program for free and universal pre-school care and learning is absolutely the most important national initiative since Medicare. The oped entitled Federal Daycare Plan will not live up to hype (April 30) written by Janice MacKinnon and Jack Mintz is misguided. They say the program can’t meet diverse needs of the Canadian workforce. Of course not. Childcare is not intended to serve the workforce and the economy; it is intended to serve children. The program is about giving them an opportunity to become all that they were meant to be as humans. From article: “The success o...